Chapter 189
She could only send out the alarm message and let the powerful beings of the Illusory Sea civilization handle it.
Now, Ye Bai was no longer the weak and helpless person she had been on Blue Star. If she were to be silently captured again, all her efforts across the myriad realms would have been in vain.
“Whoosh…” The wind brushed past Ye Bai’s ears.
A ripple appeared on the energy shield as Ye Bai landed above her ‘neighbor’s’ house.
However, the alarms and the electric shocks that should have been triggered by the energy shield did not materialize.
It was as if Ye Bai didn’t exist, completely ignored by the alert system.
In the next moment, chains of mental energy began to roll and extend before her, enveloping the space around her.
“Got any other tricks?” A familiar voice came from a mysterious man, his figure suddenly appearing right in front of Ye Bai.
He floated with his hands behind his back, and in Ye Bai’s view, he seemed to be standing on an invisible chain of mental energy.
This encounter made Ye Bai understand the principle behind how B-level mentalists could fly—upon reaching B-level, mental energy could take on a physical form, providing the mentalist with the power to resist planetary gravity and enabling movement in space.
Was the commotion not loud enough?
Had the technology of the other party completely overridden this neighborhood?
Ye Bai’s expression darkened. She didn’t respond to the mysterious man, instead locking onto a gap in the chains and leaping again.
At the same time, her mental body frantically absorbed the surrounding cosmic energy, hastening the recovery of the mental energy she had just expended using the Void Piercer.
Compared to the game, the advantage of using skills in reality was the ability to control the intensity of the power. In the game, using the full Void Piercer would cost her about 30% of her mana, but in reality, she controlled the release to 25%, allowing her to actively and quickly draw cosmic energy to ‘regain mana.’
Seeing Ye Bai turn to flee, the mysterious man’s mental energy chains began to tighten.
“Whoosh!”
As the chains whipped toward her neck, Ye Bai felt a strong sense of foreboding; her danger sense was kicking in.
Instinctively, she concentrated her mental energy to deflect the chains.
“Boom…”
The chains that were meant to wrap around Ye Bai’s neck snapped in half upon encountering her mental energy, but at the same time, she felt an indescribable sting in her mind.
Just that brief contact drained 10% of her mental energy.
Meanwhile, the mysterious man seemed unfazed, his eyes shining brighter: “That’s it.”
For this A-level powerhouse, severing a mental energy chain was clearly not a significant injury. In the next moment, another chain moved toward her from below.
Having learned from her previous experience, Ye Bai dared not use her mental energy to block it; she could never match an A-level in terms of consumption!
Thinking quickly, Ye Bai released an Ice Spike spell beneath her feet, forming a block of ice that provided her with a foothold as the mental energy chain approached.
“Crash…”
Ye Bai stepped onto the ice, sliding forward as the retracting chain moved, until she was blocked by another chain coming in at an angle, at which point she leaped down.
Her gaze was fixed on a building floating not far below, clearly a functional structure. Although she didn’t know its purpose, its defensive level should exceed that of the neighborhood above.
At that moment, the mysterious man revealed a hint of disappointment:
“Is that all? Then I’ll have to end the test.”
Test?
Ye Bai’s eyes narrowed. The other party was likely an A-level mentalist, comparable to a demigod in the game, and seemed interested in the high-level spells she could use. But the more he wanted, the less she could let him have it without assurance.
Still pondering her strategy, the next moment, the space before Ye Bai suddenly became distorted.
She could tell it was a spatial distortion rather than a visual one, thanks to her mental body’s ‘spatial awareness’; the area around her was shaking.
Despite having undergone a fundamental evolution in her body, and having no trouble scaling walls moments ago, Ye Bai now felt as if she were on a small boat, uncontrollably tossed from side to side, a strong sense of imbalance enveloping her.
In contrast, the mysterious man above seemed completely at ease.
The chains, which had not been particularly dense, suddenly multiplied, wrapping around Ye Bai’s limbs during this moment of distortion.
The twisted gravity gradually formed a clearly artificial micro wormhole, leading to an unknown area.
A wormhole? An artificial micro wormhole?!
“60 seconds, just enough time to complete it… time to go back.” As he spoke, the mysterious man moved closer, seemingly intending to take Ye Bai with him through the wormhole.
Ye Bai watched this scene, which felt almost ‘fantastical’ to her. In the myriad realms, teleportation was commonplace, as it belonged to the realm of fantasy. But when it appeared in reality, its significance was entirely different.
In the three years since Ye Bai had awakened, she had learned a lot from the Aurora about this era. The technology for artificial wormholes was something only a cosmic-level civilization could achieve; otherwise, the natural wormholes near Blue Star wouldn’t have drawn the attention and development of the Star Alliance as soon as they appeared.
While the Star Alliance had mastered the technology of artificial wormholes, it was incredibly resource-intensive and not used lightly; each instance was a crucial passage, and the construction would never go unnoticed.
In short, artificial wormholes and micro wormholes were not typically associated with one another in interstellar understanding.
From what the mysterious man said, this was completed in just 60 seconds… what level of technology was this? No wonder the entire Giant Sea Star was completely unaware!
The mysterious man’s figure drew closer, snapping Ye Bai back to reality from the shock.
‘No, I can’t let myself be taken to this unknown place so easily. Once I’m on their turf, I’ll have no chance to struggle!’
Ye Bai’s mind screamed in panic. She concentrated her mental energy, which was still a bit dizzy from the spatial changes, and made the last desperate attempt she could muster—she still had two legendary spells to return to.
The mysterious man’s figure flickered, and Ye Bai wasn’t confident that her Petrifying Gaze could completely block him and destroy the wormhole, so she poured all her mental energy into another legendary spell.
From the Kraken, 【Tidal Surge】.
Ye Bai’s mental energy wasn’t at full capacity; she was barely at 70%. But beneath her, the ocean of Giant Sea Star covered more than half of the planet!
The mysterious man was controlling the chains, preparing to enter the wormhole below with Ye Bai.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, he suddenly felt her mental energy erupting with full force.
An ancient, overwhelming natural power surged forth in that explosion.
“Boom!”
The once calm surface of the ocean below, in that instant, seemed to be pulled by the gravity of a satellite, as nearly half of the sea level of Giant Sea Star tilted toward the sky.
A massive blue wave, with terrifying force, surged toward the mysterious man without reservation.
“Clang, clang, clang!”
Countless chains binding Ye Bai snapped, but the last bit of repulsion still allowed her to be swallowed by the already completed wormhole, her figure disappearing into the tide.
However, the ocean’s impact blocked the A-level powerhouse from entering the wormhole.
At the same time, this abnormal natural phenomenon, even though his technology had overridden the area within a few kilometers, triggered the planetary-level security system of Giant Sea Star, which responded to the anomaly.
The entire planet was now focused on this disturbance.
“Damn it!” The mysterious man gasped in shock and frustration, barely managing to escape the area before the official forces of Giant Sea Star arrived.
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